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If you build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood, and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Antoine deSaint-Exupery

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Doing vs. Being

We often think that by doing more and more we can achieve our goals, but it is our Being that greatly influences the reality around us. Book smarts, or intellectual knowledge, are only one contributing factor to real wisdom. Our Being is the summary of unconscious reactions to situations that we have experienced over our lifetime. These reactions are generated by coping mechanisms we establish upon underlying beliefs generated from our past experiences. When we ignore our Being we often steer ourselves down a path with a negative outcome. Our automated coping mechanisms will continue to sabotage our efforts until we consciously analyze and transform them.

"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no denying that knowledge and perseverance are essential to the success of any project or relationship but in order to have full success we must integrate them with the wisdom and understanding of our Being. With every step of the process our Being needs to be examined to understand our underlying beliefs, the coping mechanisms which we use, and the limitations that these may cause. Once identified we can unleash a new driving force to move us forward. When we encounter road blocks we can apply the Spectrum Of Creation, a structure that can be embedded in our consciousness, to assist us in bringing any project or relationship to fruition.